WILLIAMSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 19382.

311 F.2d 441 (1962)

Jack Marrin WILLIAMSON and Morris Lee Lowrey, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Coleman, Ackerman, Miss., for appellants.

H. M. Ray, U. S. Atty., Alfred E. Moreton, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., for appellee.

Before RIVES, CAMERON and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Williamson and Lowrey were convicted of possessing 179 gallons of whiskey in unstamped containers in violation of section 5604(a) (1), Title 26, United States Code. Williamson was also convicted of carrying on the business of a wholesale liquor dealer and willfully failing to pay the special tax required by law in violation of Section 569(a), Title 26, United States Code. The specifications of error claim (1) unlawful entrapment, (2) prejudicial...

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